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• Another View -- Rob Kasper: GOP needs to listen to our young voters if it hopes to succeed _{2013-01-17, 01:38 am}
  In this Republican's opinion, three things stood out in the last election: 1. We were demolished in the election day ground game.
• Witch-hunt begins at SABC _{2013-01-17, 01:05 am}
  The SABC's acting chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, has launched a witch-hunt for employees suspected of leaking damaging information about him.
• Stanhope library celebrates MLK day _{2013-01-17, 12:50 am}
  "I Have a Dream" On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
• City approves drilling ordinance _{2013-01-17, 12:39 am}
  Residents say they are deflated and disappointed after the Denton City Council finally approved, in a 5-1 vote, new rules for natural gas drilling and production that have been years in the making.
• Special Report: Diabetes Discrimination _{2013-01-17, 12:25 am}
  Diabetes rates in children are skyrocketing, with experts predicting a 23-percent increase by 2050 in type one diabetes, the kind typically diagnosed in children.
• Fraud trial begins for Fagen _{2013-01-17, 12:19 am}
  City Councilman Mike Fagen appeared in Nassau County Criminal Court on Wednesday at the start of his fraud trial, nearly a year after he was indicted on charges that he illegally collected more than $14,000 in unemployment benefits.
• City Seeks Federal Trial in Ray Lutz Lawsuit Arising from Occupy San Diego _{2013-01-16, 11:51 pm}
  If Ray Lutz wanted to make a federal case out of his November 2011 arrest at Civic Center Plaza, he got his wish.
• Woman in wheelchair reportedly asked to pay extra fee at nail salon _{2013-01-16, 11:17 pm}
  The family of a woman from Wilmington says that she was the victim of discrimination after a nail salon reportedly tried to charge the 86-year-old an extra fee because she is in a wheelchair.
• Be the first to comment _{2013-01-16, 11:14 pm}
  A residential retaining wall that's been the source of a dispute between the property owner and the city of Sebring is expected to be torn down by the end of February.
• Springfield allows second group home _{2013-01-16, 11:13 pm}
  Springfield City Council members voted 3-0 tonight to move forward with an agreement that will allow four people with intellectual or developmental disabilities to live at 405 Chestnut St.
• Construction projects at KPC on track _{2013-01-16, 11:09 pm}
  Kenai Peninsula College's Kenai River Campus is set to become the most technologically advanced training facility in the university system.
• Johnson Co. SEATS Program Hangs in the Balance Amidst Budget Discussions _{2013-01-16, 10:54 pm}
  IOWA CITY, Iowa - A Johnson County-funded paratransit service could face big changes or elimination in coming months as representatives with Iowa City and Coralville work to determine whether they will enter an agreement with the county to take on their portion of the costs.
• Indentured Servitude Makes A Comeback In America _{2013-01-16, 10:49 pm}
  In the early colonial days of America, business owners in search of free workers would enter into contracts with young foreign workers known as indenture documents under which the business owner would pay for a worker's travel expense to the U.S. and provide them a job that included their room and board, food and clothing but paid no wages.
• Unpaid CDI Employees Will Have to File Suits Individually to Recoup Payment _{2013-01-16, 10:44 pm}
  Hundreds of employees from a Russellville-based head start provider still waiting to be paid for work they did last year won't get help from the Department of Labor.
• Free IT certification available at SPC _{2013-01-16, 10:19 pm}
  Unemployed workers in the Tampa Bay area who are interested in a career in information technology can receive free IT certification training at St.
• Third Officer Claims Police Chief Sexually Harassed Her _{2013-01-16, 09:17 pm}
  A third female Miami-Dade Schools Police officer said Wednesday that she was also sexually harassed by Police Chief Charles Hurley , a day after two lawsuits were filed against him.
• Labor mural is where it should be _{2013-01-16, 08:21 pm}
  Ken Jones, of Farmingdale, examines the labor murals that are now hanging on the wall of the Cultural Building atrium that serves as the entryway to the Maine State Museum in Augusta Monday.
• Ocean Springs to appeal Psycamore ruling to Mississippi Supreme Court _{2013-01-16, 09:16 pm}
  Jerry Dalgo was the lone member of the Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen to vote against pursuing an appeal of a Circuit Court ruling which overturned the city's decision to deny a use permit to the Psycamore mental health clinic.
• Speak Out: Should Rockville Reveal Details of Probe Into Former Employees' Allegations? _{2013-01-16, 08:47 pm}
  An editorial in The Gazette on Wednesday renewed the call for the City of Rockville to release details into an independent probe of former city employees' claims of harassment and discrimination by supervisors.
• Hayley Bruce wrote a new blog post: Johnson County SEATS program hangs in the balance _{2013-01-16, 08:31 pm}
  Robert Coleman, a driver with Johnson County SEATS, helps Rachel Villhauer over some uneven concrete as he walks her to her door after driving her home in Iowa City.